From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6060CC433DF for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:30:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4114420781 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:30:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727993AbgHKHaf (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:30:35 -0400 Received: from correo.us.es ([193.147.175.20]:45196 "EHLO mail.us.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727852AbgHKHae (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:30:34 -0400 Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (unknown [192.168.2.11]) by mail.us.es (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D94E4B8B for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18620DA84F for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix, from userid 99) id 0E1E9DA844; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEEDADA84F; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 192.168.1.97 (192.168.1.97) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (F-Secure/fsigk_smtp/550/antivirus1-rhel7.int); Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Status: clean(F-Secure/fsigk_smtp/550/antivirus1-rhel7.int) Received: from us.es (57.pool85-48-186.static.orange.es [85.48.186.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: 1984lsi) by entrada.int (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5A27B426CCB9; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:30:26 +0200 X-SMTPAUTHUS: auth mail.us.es From: Pablo Neira Ayuso To: Florian Westphal Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: avoid ipv6 -> nf_defrag_ipv6 module dependency Message-ID: <20200811073026.GD1403@salvia> References: <20200810115215.369-1-fw@strlen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200810115215.369-1-fw@strlen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 01:52:15PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote: > nf_ct_frag6_gather is part of nf_defrag_ipv6.ko, not ipv6 core. > > The current use of the netfilter ipv6 stub indirections causes a module > dependency between ipv6 and nf_defrag_ipv6. > > This prevents nf_defrag_ipv6 module from being removed because ipv6 can't > be unloaded. > > Remove the indirection and always use a direct call. This creates a > depency from nf_conntrack_bridge to nf_defrag_ipv6 instead: > > modinfo nf_conntrack > depends: nf_conntrack,nf_defrag_ipv6,bridge > > .. and nf_conntrack already depends on nf_defrag_ipv6 anyway. > > Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal > --- > I can also re-send it when nf-next reopens later, whatever you prefer. No problem, it can just sit here until net-next reopens.